Beyond Zero Emissions’ One Million Jobs Preview

Beyond Zero Emissions’ One Million Jobs Preview

Monday, 11 May 2020 - 11:00am to 12:00pm

Eytan Lenko and Heidi Lee present a preview of BZE’s bold new plan to deliver one million clean energy jobs as part of the COVID-19 recovery. Our extensive knowledge base and ten years of climate change solutions are underpinning our recommendations for a bright new future. This seminar outlines the work underway and the high level outcomes we expect across renewable energy, efficiency upgrades, electrifying manufacturing, recycling and much more. This will be an opportunity for the audience to question and guide work in progress and influence outcomes.

Event Location: 
Online event
Speakers
Beyond Zero Emissions

Eytan Lenko is the Chair and Interim CEO of Beyond Zero Emissions. Eytan has a successful technical, business and entrepreneurship background and is a long running advocate for strong action on climate change. He was a founder of Outware Mobile, one of Australia’s fastest growing tech companies. Eytan is a director of the Australian Environmental Grantmakers Network and also sits on the board of the Climate Mobilization, a US based organisation that assists cities around America to rapidly transition to zero-emissions.

Beyond Zero Emissions

Heidi Lee is the Interim COO and Business & Industry Lead of Beyond Zero Emissions. Heidi is an influential sustainability leader with a background in regenerative architecture and urban design strategies. She has twenty years of industry experience and has worked on some of Australia’s most innovative buildings. Heidi was the Project Manager for BZE’s 2013 Buildings Plan and is the Chairperson of Common Equity Housing, Victoria's biggest housing association and the largest co-operative housing organisation in Australia.

Web tools and Projects we developed

  • Open-NEM

    The live tracker of the Australian electricity market.

  • Paris Equity Check

    This website is based on a Nature Climate Change study that compares Nationally Determined Contributions with equitable national emissions trajectories in line with the five categories of equity outlined by the IPCC.

  • liveMAGICC Climate Model

    Run one of the most popular reduced-complexity climate carbon cycle models online. Used by IPCC, UNEP GAP reports and numerous scientific publications.

  • NDC & INDC Factsheets

    Check out our analysis of all the post-2020 targets that countries announced under the Paris Agreement.